Californias politicians are failing your children with yet another F report card

The latest California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress results are in, and they tell the same story we’ve heard for years: only 38.3% of California students are proficient in math.That’s that’s up from 37.3% last year, but it is still well short of where students stood before the pandemic.Three of the state’s five largest districts saw their English scores decline.For too many families, that is not a surprise.

It is the predictable outcome of years of failed leadership in Sacramento.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story We have poured more money into education than nearly any other state.We have layered on new programs, new frameworks and new priorities.

Yet fundamental skills remain out of reach for most California kids.When more than half of students leave our schools unprepared for the competency demands of college or the workforce, that is not a funding problem.It is a leadership problem.For years, state leaders have treated math as secondary to other agendas.

Curriculum has been diluted.Mastery of fundamentals has been de-emphasized in favor of unproven approaches.

Teachers have been pulled in too many directions.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!And when the results come in weak, the response is more process, more task forces and more promises that next year will be different.Parents have watched this cycle repeat for long enough.The data keep confirming what many of us already know from our own communities.

Students who fall behind early rarely catch up without targ...